Our Favorite Features of 2012

Our writers voted for their favorite Feature articles over the last year. And no, they weren’t allowed to vote for themselves.

Sure, we could run some kind of calculation and come up with what the most popular posts of 2012 were. But for a site like ours, that’s just kind of depressing. People love to read short, pithy posts about things that won’t matter tomorrow. It’s human nature. I do it too.

But that’s not what our features are about. Over the last few years, we’ve been working hard to create regular features that are both timeless and relevant – that speak to an issue with a unique sense of nuance and fairness. We want features that make any issue relevant to all of our readers. We want features that set themselves apart from other takes on similar issues. We worked hard to do that, because we believe that it’s just as important to guide and inform our readership as it is to cater to them.

Thanks to a hard-working team of editors (who work for free) and a collection of writers who value good writing and hard work, we’ve been able to offer you some truly great articles. Maybe you missed them – I understand. After all, they can be kind of long, and some of the subject matters may not scream out to you. But I can say without any hesitation that each and every one of these ten features, voted on and ranked by the CaPC writing team, is well worth your time. You’ll be a better, smarter person for having read any of them.

So please, bookmark this page. Come back to it as you have time. Don’t read based on interest – just work your way down the list. You won’t be sorry.

#8. Uncovering Contraception by Erin NewcombRecent health care legislation has recently brought Christian objections to birth control to the fore. How should we respond?

#9. Becoming a Slave Again to Edifying Habits by Alan NobleEvangelicals are beginning to care less about discerning good cultural objects and care more about discerning good cultural practices. But is this trend, despite its signaling a cultural maturation, still susceptible to legalism?